Skip to main content

aorta

Spanish, noun/aˈoɾta/

aorta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “aorta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arteria principal en los animales vertebrados, que nace del ventrículo izquierdo del corazón”.

What does aorta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineaorta

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Arteria principal en los animales vertebrados, que nace del ventrículo izquierdo del corazón. 2. Arteria que nace del ventrículo cardiaco de diversos animales tales como peces, cefalópodos, reptiles, lamelibranquios y otros.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of aorta

  • aortas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce aorta?

  • /aˈoɾta/
  • [aˈoɾ.t̪a]
  • [aˈoɾt̪a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to aorta

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is aorta in Spanish?

aorta appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).